Mutualising public services

Resource type: Practice note

Status: Maintained

Jurisdiction: England

This note explores the recent trend towards mutualising public services. The principal aims of this note are to explain:

The relationship between mutualisation projects and other attempts to reform public services.
What key steps need to be taken to implement a mutualisation project.
What the main challenges are for those who seek to undertake a mutualisation project.

Neil Palmer and Guy Burman, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP and PLC Public Sector

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Resource ID: 7-507-2663
Products: PLC UK Public Sector, PLC UK Share Schemes & Incentives
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